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and it is difficult to propagate from cuttings. The horticultural possibilities 

 of Bicolor are probably much the same as those of Aestivalis, though many 

 believe it to be more promising for the North. It is as yet cultivated but 

 little. Its chief defect for domestication is the small size of the fruit. 



20. VITIS CARIBi^A De Candolle.' 



I. De Candolle, Prodr., 1:634. 1824 (cited by Watson). 2. Chapman, Fl. Sou. States, — lyi. 

 (cited by Wat.son). 3. Bucklev, U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt.. 1861:483. 4. Engelmann, Bush. Cat., 1883:10, 

 12, 14, 15. 5. Munson, .\m. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1885:136. Caloosa. 6. (?) lb., Soc Prom. .4.i;. Set. 

 Rpt., 1887:59. Prof. Curtis' grape. 7. Planchon, De Candolle's Mon. Phan., 5:323, 330. 1887. 

 8. Munson, U. S. D. .4. Poi/t. Bui., 3:14. iSqo. g. lb., Gar. and For., 3:474. 1890. 10. lb., 

 Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1893:110, ii. Bailey, Gray's Syn. FL, 1:428. 1897. 12. Viala and Ravaz, 

 Am. Vines, 1903:42, 52. 



Vine slender, climbing; shoots more or less woolly, or rarely nearly glabrous; dia- 

 phragms medium to thick; tendrils intermittent, rarely continuous, bifid or frequently 

 trifid. Leaves cordate, usually entire when mature, frequently acuminate pointed; 

 teeth shallow, wide, mucronate, slightly rugose above, thick whitish or rusty pubescence 

 below; stipules small. Clusters large, long, with long, slender peduncle. Berries small 

 to very small, purple or black with thin bloom, intensely acid until very ripe. Seeds 

 usually but one or two to the berry, small to very small (Engelmann states that the 

 Florida forms give larger seeds than those from the West Indies) , notched ; chalaza more or 

 less circular, depressed, usually distinct; rapheagrooveor slightly distinct. Very variable. 



Cariba^a was first described by De Candolle and later by many other 

 botanists but the species is not yet well known owing to its habitat. Cari- 

 baga is an inhabitant of the West Indies, middle and southern Florida, 

 Louisiana, eastern Mexico, Yucatan, and various portions of tropical 

 America. It is said to grow largely on lowlands. 



The species is of no practical interest as it does not thrive and soon 

 dies in temperate climates. Its horticultural characters are unknown. 



' Augustin Pyramus De Candolle was born at Geneva, Switzerland, 1778, and died at Turin, 

 Italv, in 1S41. He came of an ancient French family which had been driven out of Provence in the 

 middle of the sixteenth century owing to their religion. He began his scientific studies at the College 

 of Geneva, but later removed to Paris where he attended courses of lectures on natural science under 

 the greatest scientists of that day. His best known works are: Historia plantarmn Succulentarum; 

 Synopsis plantartim in flora Gallica descriptarum; and Prodromus Systemaiis regni vegetabilis (1824-), 

 this last being only about two-thirds completed at the time of his death. 



Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame De Candolle was bom in Paris, France, in 1806. Like his father, 

 whose life is sketched above, he became a noted botanist. His most important works have been 

 translated into English and are as follows: Geographical Botany, 1S55; Origin of Cultivated Plants, 

 1883; and the Memoirs of his father, 1862. He died in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1S93. 



